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4. PUTIN expands to Middle East . Sissifies Obama.

5. ASSAD Syria told by Obama to get out but now can stay as long
as Putin lets him.

7. CHINA expands and expands.

8. Phony barbaric
PALESTINIANS who stab, ram, shoot and missile Jews and have zero desire to live
in peace but somehow the morally inverted world sees them as the victims.

9. HILLARY: got away with selling out USA for her husband to get
bigger fees, allowing nations secrets to get hacked on her illegal personal
server as secr of state, got away with lying about Benghazi responsibility and
many other lies and immoral activities. More than
1,200 Clinton emails now deemed

10. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS allowed to cross our borders, commit
violent felonies and given sanctuary illegally in over 300 US cities

LOSERS?: America's poor,(record poverty under Obama) indebted future generations,(Obama doubled
all previous debt in 8 years), all our allies, college students (50% can't get
full time jobs under Obama,) businesses
(more closing than opening under Obama), American workers (huge % gave up
looking for work+ most NEW jobs he touts are part time and low wages), those
killed in massive spike of killings due to increased racial tension under Obama
. But what can we expect from a jihadist and radical leftist president? https://youtu.be/VUgQqne1H_M

Why are the Democrats
(following lead of Obama and Hillary) lying for and excusing Muslim atrocities
and endangering us? Why do the Democrats
want to endanger Americans by bringing in more Muslim refugees? https://youtu.be/b9FhvNql2lE see expanded explanation of danger below
NOTE 5

Truth:There is no such thing as Islamophobia. Fear of Muslims is rational

From Nigeria to Egypt, from
Iraq to Israel, from Mali to Paris, Islamic terrorist groups are massacring
innocent people As long as we in the West
are not prepared to take Muslims at their word when they claim to be waging
bloody jihad because it is their religious obligation, we have no chance of
repelling the current onslaught on the West. Rape, beheadings, terror, suicide bombers, stabbings,
car rammings, 9-11, Paris, French train, Russian plane, forcing shariah, jihad,
bestiality, pedophilia, over 40 attacks in USA since 9-11.\

FACT: HUGE % of worldwide Muslims support
violent jihad. Obama has done virtually zip to battle Isis in 18 months, made
genocidal, catastrophic nuclear bomb deal with Iran, Imported 1.5 million
Muslims to USA, 25% of whom support violent jihad. The Muslim student
associations on college campuses and CAIR are both Muslim Brotherhood financed
and sponsored

"Lawmakers tell us Muslims have a First Amendment “Right” to build mosques, proselytize, and implement Sharia here. But that's not what the First Amendment says.

"It says: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

"Now consider the verbiage very carefully. A lot of lawmakers and most Americans make the exegetical error that the First Amendment grants us rights. The First Amendment doesn't grant any rights to anybody. All it does is prohibit Congress from making laws about religion, speech, the press, or assembly.

"Therefore, Muslims do not have a First Amendment “Right” to build mosques, proselytize, and implement Sharia in our country.

"As Publius Huldah correctly points out, “Not only do Muslims claim the “right” to impose Shariah in the Muslim communities springing up throughout our Country, they also claim the “right” to impose Sharia law in the public square: They demand Sharia compliant financial institutions, foot baths in public places, that wine, sausages, and the like be banned from their presence, that they be allowed to shut down public streets for “prayers”, etc.”

"So it begs the question: Do Americans have any Constitutional protection against the invasion of a foreign law being foisted upon us? Absolutely!

"Article VI, Clause 2 of our Constitution states . . .

“This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the Supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.”

"Did you get that? Our Constitution and Laws are authorized by the Supreme Law of this Land.

"The practice of Sharia in the United States, at any level directly violates our Constitution. Muslims who therefore seek to overthrow our Constitution or otherwise usurp or circumvent it with Sharia law are guilty of Criminal Sedition. The federal government has the duty to prosecute them for sedition, or otherwise repatriate or deport them."

"The Muslims seek to replace our Constitution with shariah – their totalitarian political, economic, military, social & legal system – with the goal of incorporating our Country into a global Islamic caliphate. They are making progress in islamicizing our Country because we are not resisting. And the dreadful message we are getting from all sources is that our Constitution renders us powerless to resist islamization.

"But read on, and I will show you how our Constitution & Declaration of Independence – properly understood – actually give our federal, State & local governments justification and authority to stop the islamization of our Country. Once we understand two things, it becomes clear what we may – and must – do:

"One: Islam is not a “religion” in the sense we understand religion. Islam is about TOTAL POWER. It is a system which controls every aspect of the lives of those who have the misfortune to be subjected to it. It masquerades as a religion, but once we understand that it is just another totalitarian system – like soviet communism, we can deal with it and defeat it.

"Once in place, Islam is enforced with stone-age barbarism. It masquerades as a religion to recruit gullible fools who become suicide bombers, and to provide “cover” for officials in the Western countries who, indoctrinated with the Lies of multiculturalism & political correctness, look for an excuse to do nothing.

"Two: We must understand Our Founding Principles – these are our Sword & Shield – that (1) Rights come from God alone, (2) Muslims do not have the right to divest us of our Rights, and (3) the purpose of civil government is to secure the Rights God gave us. Now let us learn more of our Sword and Shield."

The illegitimate Obama administration appointed two Muslims to serve in the Department of Homeland Security. "One of the most shocking scenes in Rumors of War 3: Target U.S. is an exchange between U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert and The Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. In the clip, Napolitano is testifying in front of Congress about Mohamed Elibiary, a man affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, being granted security clearance and access to sensitive documents. Glenn asked Gohmert to come onto the show to discuss the exchange.

"In the film, the narrator explains, “In 2002 Mohamed Elibiary founded the Freedom and Justice Foundation in Plano, Texas. Freedom and Justice is the political party of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. He was appointed a member of the Homeland Security advisory council which meant Elibiary had access to security documents. In October of 2011, it was reported he took sensitive reports from the Texas Department of Public Safety.”

While Muslims hide behind the First Amendment here in America, they do not believe in freedom of speech:

Criminalizing the Defamation of Islam. "Interestingly enough, Muslims lash out in savagery when the sanctity of their faith is affronted in the form of a cartoon, a video, a book, or an individual burning of a Quran. Yet they feel free not only to insult other peoples' religions, but also to wreak all kinds of horrific acts upon those people. Defaming, insulting, and desecrating others' beliefs is in the fabric of Islam itself."

Infiltration, Treason, Jihad – Welcome to The Project. "In 2001, an Islamic manifesto called The Project was discovered in Switzerland. This document is a plan to carry out a quiet coup within the United States through indoctrination, subversion and infiltration at all levels of our government and through key positions in education and other influential positions such as the media. Fast forward to 2008 and the Holyland Foundation Trial. This showcased the largest terror financing trial in US history. There are 80 boxes of evidence, including The Project, that have been made available by our government to the accused enemies of America, but which, to this day, are being withheld from our leaders and the American people. Barack Obama, Eric Holder and Janet Napolitano cite national security, but have given the terrorists a free pass to review the documents." You should watch the three part presentation linked in that article. So should state legislators and judges lest they find themselves one day without a head.

Remember Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan who slaughtered 13 Americans and wounded 38 at Ft. Hood in November 2009? All these years and the families are still waiting for justice. Another Thanksgiving and Christmas without their loved ones. Instead of manning up to his act of cowardice in the name of Allah, Hasan has been hiding behind the bush growing on his face on religious grounds. One court ruled he had to be shaved, but of course, his lawyers are appealing to another court so his court martial remains on hold.

Fort Hood gunman had told US military colleagues that infidels should have their throats cut. "He also told colleagues at America's top military hospital that non-Muslims were infidels condemned to hell who should be set on fire. The outburst came during an hour-long talk Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, gave on the Koran in front of dozens of other doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre in Washington DC, where he worked for six years before arriving at Fort Hood in July."

"Sedition is the crime of revolting or inciting revolt against government. However, because of the broad protection of free speech under the First Amendment, prosecutions for sedition are rare. Nevertheless, sedition remains a crime in the United States under 18 U.S.C.A. § 2384 (2000), a federal statute that punishes seditious conspiracy, and 18 U.S.C.A. § 2385 (2000), which outlaws advocating the overthrow of the federal government by force. Generally, a person may be punished for sedition only when he or she makes statements that create a Clear and Present Danger to rights that the government may lawfully protect (schenck v. united states, 249 U.S. 47, 39 S. Ct. 247, 63 L. Ed. 470 [1919]).

"The crime of seditious conspiracy is committed when two or more persons in any state or U.S. territory conspire to levy war against the U.S. government. A person commits the crime of advocating the violent overthrow of the federal government when she willfully advocates or teaches the overthrow of the government by force, publishes material that advocates the overthrow of the government by force, or organizes persons to overthrow the government by force. A person found guilty of seditious conspiracy or advocating the overthrow of the government may be fined and sentenced to up to 20 years in prison. States also maintain laws that punish similar advocacy and conspiracy against the state government."

But, if we read further, we find:

"Sedition prosecutions are extremely rare, but they do occur. Shortly after the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City, the federal government prosecuted Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, a blind Egyptian cleric living in New Jersey, and nine codefendants on charges of seditious conspiracy. Rahman and the other defendants were convicted of violating the seditious conspiracy statute by engaging in an extensive plot to wage a war of Terrorism against the United States. With the exception of Rahman, they all were arrested while mixing explosives in a garage in Queens, New York, on June 24, 1993.

"The defendants committed no overt acts of war, but all were found to have taken substantial steps toward carrying out a plot to levy war against the United States. The government did not have sufficient evidence that Rahman participated in the actual plotting against the government or any other activities to prepare for terrorism. He was instead prosecuted for providing religious encouragement to his coconspirators. Rahman argued that he only performed the function of a cleric and advised followers about the rules of Islam. He and the others were convicted, and on January 17, 1996, Rahman was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Michael Mukasey."

"..this little booklet is in almost all mosques in the U.S.: Jihad in Islam. Do check page 5 of the 37 page booklet: "But the truth is that Islam is not the name of a ‘Religion’, nor is ‘Muslim’ the title of a ‘Nation’. In reality Islam is a revolutionary ideology and programme which seeks to alter the social order of the whole world and rebuild it in conformity with its own tenets and ideals. ‘Muslim’ is the title of that International Revolutionary Party organized by Islam to carry into effect its revolutionary programme. And ‘Jihad’ refers to that revolutionary struggle and utmost exertion which the Islamic Party brings into play to achieve this objective."

I do hope you will book mark the link and read that booklet. Try page 16-17: "Islam is not merely a religious creed or compound name for a few forms of worship, but a comprehensive system which envisages to annihilate all tyrannical and evil systems in the world and enforces its own programme of reform which it deems best for the well-being of mankind....Those who affirm faith in this ideology become members of the party of Islam and enjoy equal status and equal rights without distinction of class, race, nation or the country to which they belong. In this manner, an International Revolutionary Party is born to which Qur’an gives the title of ‘Hizb Allah’ and which alternatively is known as Islamic Party or the Ummah of Islam’."

And, if you're not a follower of that toxic belief system, you are, pg. 31: "Dhimmis (Non-Believers) under the Protection of an Islamic Government." As a "non-believer" under Sharia Law you will be "allowed" certain "rights....Islamic ‘Jihad’ does not recognize their right to administer state affairs according to a system which, in the view of Islam, is evil. Furthermore, Islamic ‘Jihad’ also refuses to admit their right to continue with such practices under an Islamic government which fatally affect the public interest from the viewpoint of Islam... it will make it obligatory for non-Muslim women to observe the minimum standards of modesty in dress as required by Islamic law and will forbid them to go about displaying their beauty like the days of ignorance; the Muslim Party will clamp censorship on the Cinema."

Clearly, it is the intention of Islamic big shots to over turn the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions. More and more federal judges are siding with Sharia Law and forcing sovereign states of the Union to bow down to barbarism. Do you want such a "religion" and belief system in your city or town? If you do, we will see more of this - only a few of the thousands of examples in news items:

"On September 1, 2004, terrorists stormed a school in Beslan, Russia, and perpetrated one of the most heinous terror attacks in history....

"Things had deteriorated when the media reported that there were only 354 victims. Wanting to have a dramatic impact, the terrorists exploded with anger. There were 1200 victims, and the Russians were trying to down play the incident. The terrorists said they would have to eliminate victims to fit with what the media had reported. Their demeanor worsened, and they got really mean.

"It was then that they began raping the girls. They wanted sex as they killed, and this is sexual homicide. A sex killer gets excited when he thinks about forcing himself inside an unwilling victim, but the rape itself does not produce the ultimate excitement. It is the rape followed by the killing that is arousing. This is what happened at Beslan.

"One by one, females were targeted. The sex killers looked for the perfect victims, and after zeroing in, they grabbed and disrobed the little girls in the middle of the gym. There were muffled cries as the girls were humiliated in front of everyone. They were stripped, raped, and sodomized by several men. Not content to simply rape, the terrorists used their guns and other objects to penetrate the screaming victims while the other hostages were forced to watch. And the terrorists laughed. They laughed as they violated the children and made them bleed. What few people know is that some of the girls died as a result of being raped with objects. The internal damage was so severe that without immediate medical attention, the girls bled to death. Those who managed to survive required extensive reconstructive surgery and painful recoveries.

"But raping the girls was not enough for the deviants who had entered the school. The terrorists beat the other children. In fact, beatings took place regularly, and as they pummeled the little ones, the terrorists smiled and laughed. It was said that they would strike a child and then watch the child cringe. When the youngsters recoiled, their captors laughed. This says the offenders enjoyed inflicting the suffering. They wanted their victims to suffer. Such behavior is sadistic. Bringing others pain brings the sadist pleasure. And the terrorists tortured the victims in many ways."

Shariah law is not American law - it is law distinct, separate, and alien from the Constitution and the laws derived from it....on that basis alone, prima facie, a priori, it has no place in America.

But then, add to that the fact that, as you know, shariah defines Islam, is Islam, and is binding law on all Muslims, everywhere, for all time (whether or not all choose to abide by it). There again is set up a conflict with the U.S. legal system.

Now, it is also important to note that Islam is a wholistic system - it is not a la carte, it is not "cafeteria style". Shariah is an entire "way of life," immutable (since codification in 10th century). So, it's not like Muslims or anyone else are permitted pick and choose which sections they want to implement and which not. Yes, countries and individuals do.....but it's not authorized - and those who implement it most fully are the most faithful Muslims.

Next: shariah holds as its fundamental premise that all law comes from Allah and that man-made law is illegitimate. Another conflict with the U.S. constitution. The leading Muslim authorities, Imams, and others in the U.S. (esp. those openly affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood or its front groups) all agree that they would like to see shariah replace the U.S. Constitution at some point. Exhibit A: Imam Faisal Rauf.

Next: shariah commands jihad. Jihad is defined in Islamic law as "warfare to establish the religion." ('Umdat al-Salik, Reliance of the Traveller, o9.0, pg. 599). This is definitely a problem.

Next: shariah commands perpetual inequality between Muslims and non-Muslims, between men and women, and between free men and slaves....and yes, shariah permits slavery to this day. Definite conflict with Declaration of Independence and multiple Articles of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Next: Americans believe that our rights ("to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness") are derived from the Creator....and that governments are instituted among men to secure these rights. Shariah says that governments are instituted in order to implement Islamic law. Big problem.

Next: Shariah permits the murder of non-Muslims (Jews and Christians) and one's own children, with no legal consequences. This is why some Muslim fathers who've killed their daughters in the U.S. can claim they've done "nothing wrong." (See 'Umdat al-Salik o1.2(1-4), pg. 583-4)

Finally: every bit of this would be considered "Slander" under Islamic law - which is defined as anything that would be offensive to a Muslim. Telling the turth about shariah to infidels probably qualifies. And Slander carries the death penalty, for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. ('Umdat al-Salik, r2.0, pg. 730+). Ask Theo van Gogh.

None of this is "Canonical Law", is it? It's not Halakha either. That's because shariah legislates behavior in every single sphere of life - not just the religious or the devotional....all of it.

Shariah and the U.S. Constitution cannot co-exist in harmony. One or the other must prevail. Me, I'm for the Constitution.

Best,

Clare

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Imam Feisal Abdel Rauf claims that the U.S. constitution is Sharia compliant. Now let us examine below a few laws of Sharia to see how truthful Imam Rauf is:

1- Jihad, defined as “to war against non-Muslims to establish the religion,” is the duty of every Muslim and Muslim head of state (Caliph). Muslim Caliphs who refuse jihad are in violation of Sharia and unfit to rule.

2- A Caliph can hold office through seizure of power meaning through force.

3- A Caliph is exempt from being charged with serious crimes such as murder, adultery, robbery, theft, drinking and in some cases of rape.

4- A percentage of Zakat (charity money) must go towards jihad.

5- It is obligatory to obey the commands of the Caliph, even if he is unjust.

6- A caliph must be a Muslim, a non-slave and a male.

7- The Muslim public must remove the Caliph if he rejects Islam.

8- A Muslim who leaves Islam must be killed immediately.

9- A Muslim will be forgiven for murder of: 1) an apostate 2) an adulterer 3) a highway robber. Vigilante street justice and honor killing is acceptable.

10- A Muslim will not get the death penalty if he kills a non-Muslim, but will get it for killing a Muslim.

11- Sharia never abolished slavery, sexual slavery and highly regulates it. A master will not be punished for killing his slave.

12- Sharia dictates death by stoning, beheading, amputation of limbs, flogging even for crimes of sin such as adultery.

13- Non-Muslims are not equal to Muslims under the law. They must comply to Islamic law if they are to remain safe. They are forbidden to marry Muslim women, publicly display wine or pork, recite their scriptures or openly celebrate their religious holidays or funerals. They are forbidden from building new churches or building them higher than mosques. They may not enter a mosque without permission. A non-Muslim is no longer protected if he leads a Muslim away from Islam.

14- It is a crime for a non-Muslim to sell weapons to someone who will use them against Muslims. Non-Muslims cannot curse a Muslim, say anything derogatory about Allah, the Prophet, or Islam, or expose the weak points of Muslims. But Muslims can curse non-Muslims.

15- A non-Muslim cannot inherit from a Muslim.

16- Banks must be Sharia compliant and interest is not allowed.

17- No testimony in court is acceptable from people of low-level jobs, such as street sweepers or bathhouse attendants. Women in low level jobs such as professional funeral mourners cannot keep custody of their children in case of divorce.

18- A non-Muslim cannot rule — even over a non-Muslim minority.

19- Homosexuality is punishable by death.

20- There is no age limit for marriage of girls. The marriage contract can take place anytime after birth and can be consummated at age 8 or 9.

21- Rebelliousness on the part of the wife nullifies the husband’s obligation to support her, gives him permission to beat her and keep her from leaving the home.

22- Divorce is only in the hands of the husband and is as easy as saying: “I divorce you” and becomes effective even if the husband did not intend it.

23- There is no community property between husband and wife and the husband’s property does not automatically go to the wife after his death.

24- A woman inherits half what a man inherits.

25- A man has the right to have up to 4 wives and none of them have a right to divorce him — even if he is polygamous.

26- The dowry is given in exchange for the woman’s sexual organs.

27- A man is allowed to have sex with slave women and women captured in battle, and if the enslaved woman is married her marriage is annulled.

28- The testimony of a woman in court is half the value of a man.

29- A woman loses custody if she remarries.

30- To prove rape, a woman must have 4 male witnesses.

31- A rapist may only be required to pay the bride-money (dowry) without marrying the rape victim.

32- A Muslim woman must cover every inch of her body, which is considered “Awrah,” a sexual organ. Not all Sharia schools allow the face of a woman exposed.

33- A Muslim man is forgiven if he kills his wife at the time he caught her in the act of adultery. However, the opposite is not true for women, since the man “could be married to the woman he was caught with.”

34-It is obligatory for a Muslim to lie if the purpose is obligatory. That means that for the sake of abiding with Islam’s commandments, such as jihad, a Muslim is obliged to lie and should not have any feelings of guilt or shame associated with this kind of lying.

The above are clear-cut laws in Islam decided by great Imams after years of examination and interpretation of the Quran, Hadith and Mohammed’s life. Now let the learned Imam Rauf tell us: What part of the above is compliant with the U.S. Constitution?

Nonie Darwish is the author of “Cruel and Usual Punishment; the terrifying global implications of Islamic law” and founder of Former Muslims United.

Obama White House Turns To Islamists Who Demonize Terror Investigations

Jihadist attacks in San Bernardino and Paris have Americans on edge. Yet part of the Obama White House's response to the attacks has been to invite Islamist groups that routinely demonize the FBI and other law-enforcement agencies to the White House to discuss a religious discrimination. "If we're to succeed in defeating terrorism we must enlist Muslim communities as some of our strongest allies, rather than push them away," President Obama said in his speech following the San Bernardino attack.

But partnering with such organizations sends the wrong message to the American people, said Zuhdi Jasser, president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AFID).

"I think it says a lot when the president uses those organizations that have an ACLU-type mentality. They should have a seat at the table. That's fine," Jasser said. "But not to include groups, which have completely different focuses about counter-radicalization, counter-Islamism creates this monolithic megaphone for demonization of our government and demonization of America that ends up radicalizing our community."

A White House spokesperson acknowledged to the Investigative Project on Terrorism that the Dec. 14 meeting on countering anti-Muslim animus included Hassan Shibly, executive director of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Florida chapter. The same forum – attended by Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett and Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes – also included Farhana Khera, president and executive director of Muslim Advocates; Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab-American Institute (AAI); Mohamed Magid, imam of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS); and Hoda Hawa, director of policy and advocacy with the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) among others.

The White House guests, or the organizations they represent, have long histories of criticizing counter-terror investigations. CAIR leads the pack. Its Philadelphia chapter is advertising a workshop, "The FBI and Entrapment in the Muslim Community," which features a spider with an FBI badge on its back, spinning a web of entrapment around an image of a mosque. The workshop "provides the tools needed to prevent entrapment of community members to become terrorists in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."

Since 9/11, CAIR has repeatedly taken the side of defendants accused of financing or plotting attacks, calling their prosecutions a "witch hunt" against the Muslim community. For example, CAIR denounced the prosecution of Sami Al-Arian, who turned out to be the secretary of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's governing board, as "politically motivated" and a result of the "Israelization of American policy and procedures."

A year ago, CAIR similarly protested the incarceration of Aafia Siddiqui, aka "Lady Al Qaeda" – convicted in 2010 of trying to kill two FBI agents. The protest came after the Islamic State (ISIS) offered to spare the lives of executed American photojournalistJames Foley and aid worker Kayla Mueller in exchange for Siddiqui's release.

CAIR also denounced the December 2001 shutdown of the Holy Land Foundation for Hamas support, saying, "...there has been a shift from a war on terrorism to an attack on Islam."

Demonizing law enforcement and spreading "the idea that America and Western societies [are] anti-Muslim – the whole Islamophobia mantra is part of the early steps of radicalization so that Muslims get separated out of society," Jasser said. "These groups certainly aren't on the violent end of the Islamist continuum, but if there's a conveyer belt that goes towards radicalization then it certainly starts with this siege and separatist mentality."

CAIR has used such inflammatory imagery and rhetoric for years, with its San Francisco chapter removing a poster urging Muslims to "Build a Wall of Resistance – Don't Talk to the FBI" in 2011 after the IPT reported on it.

Later that year, a CAIR-New York official told a Muslim audience that FBI agents would break the law to force them to talk. That includes threats and "blackmail, seriously blackmail; that's illegal," Lamis Deek told the audience. "But they'll do it."

Jasser blames CAIR and others which spread similar rhetoric for the increased fear of Islam and Muslims in America since 9/11 because they refuse to discuss Islamic extremism and the role Muslims have in fixing the problem.

"This creates a climate where people don't trust us to be part of the solution," Jasser said. "People say that if you aren't part of the solution then you are part of the problem, which creates more fear and distrust."

Neither Jasser nor the AIFD, which advocates for "liberty and freedom, through the separation of mosque and state," were invited to the White House meeting. Also shut out were Jasser's colleagues in the new Muslim Reform Movement,whose members "reject interpretations of Islam that call for any violence, social injustice and politicized Islam" and stand "for secular governance, democracy and liberty. Every individual has the right to publicly express criticism of Islam. Ideas do not have rights. Human beings have rights."

The White House did not reply to a request for comment about Jasser's characterization of these groups; however, it previously said it engaged CAIR because of "their work on civil rights issues" despite the group's Hamas ties.

"It's a very confusing time and circumstance when you have the White House dealing with people who have fronted for the Muslim Brotherhood and are the spokespeople for Hamas in the United States and you bring them in for a conference at the White House and say they are supposed to speak for the Muslim community in America," Revell said. "It's unhelpful to have the White House essentially fronting for groups that want to make it harder to reach the jihadists in our society and in effect flush them out."

Khera's group Muslim Advocates has a pending lawsuit against the New York Police Department regarding its surveillance of mosques and other Islamic institutions using undercover police officers and informants.

"One of our key priorities at Muslim Advocates is ending racial and religious profiling by law enforcement," Khera says in a YouTube video supporting the suit. "We've done work to combat profiling by the FBI, by Customs and Border Protection and now more recently we've had concerns about the way the New York Police Department – the nation's largest police department – has been conducting itself."

Like CAIR, Khera has called the FBI's sting operations and informants against potential jihadists "entrapment operations" that rope in individuals who might otherwise never engage in terrorist activity.

CAIR's Shibly also used the entrapment narrative in a June 2014 blog post in which he argued that the "FBI entrapment program targeting the Muslim community" was an example of tyranny. Many other CAIR representatives, such as Michigan director Dawud Walid, previously alleged the FBI has "recruited more so-called extremist Muslims than al-Qaida themselves."

AAI stops short of embracing the entrapment narrative but labels surveillance programs by the NYPD and other government agencies "unconstitutional, ineffective, and counterproductive." New York's Mayor Bill De Blasio disbanded the NYPD unit responsible for infiltrating the city's mosques and Muslim gathering places looking for potential terrorists in April 2014 under pressure from Muslim groups.

Another group, the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA), which counts Magidas a member, published an article in 2008 written by Hatem al-Haj, a member of its fatwa committee, giving religious justification for not cooperating with authorities. Al-Haj wrote it was "impermissible" for Muslims to work with the FBI because of the "harm they inflict on Muslims."

However, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), which formerly accused the FBI of entrapment, conceded in 2013 that informants can be useful detecting terror cells and keeping them off balance.

"To be fair, informants at times can be effective in counterterrorism investigations even against cellular structures. Because terrorist groups are concerned about their operational security, fear of informants can create and increase tensions within a terrorist cell. As a result, it may generate enough paranoia that a cell may abandon a planned operation," MPAC said in its 2013 report "Building Bridges to Strengthen America."

Looking for jihadis before they strike is a bit like looking for a "needle in a haystack," so sting operations are useful in finding them before it's too late, according to Revell. He says such operations can be useful in preventing the next San Bernardino.

"If you don't find them when they are talking jihad and you have to wait until they take an action then it's too late to be able to prevent casualties and ensure that the public is safe," Revell said. "There certainly is knowledge among those looking to do any type of jihadi activity that there is a force out there that is countering them and that they need to try to cover their activities to the greatest extent possible."

In the past year, the Islamic State (ISIS) has published at least two documents instructing its jihadis how to evade being lured into stings by the FBI or other law-enforcement agencies. The ISIS manual "Safety and Security guidelines of the Lone Wolf Mujahideen" devotes a chapter to evading FBI stings by testing the weapons they receive prior to using them in an attack.

Khera's organization stood front and center in 2011 when Muslim groups called on the Obama administration to purge FBI training materials that they deemed offensive. Shecomplained in a Sept. 15, 2011 letter that counterterrorism materials then being used to train FBI agents about Islam used "woefully misinformed statements about Islam and bigoted stereotypes about Muslims." Such allegedly misinformed statements included characterizing zakat – the almsgiving tax mandate on all Muslims – as a "funding mechanism for combat" and that "Accommodation and compromise between [Islam and the West] are impermissible and fighting [for Muslims] is obligatory."

Yet numerous Muslim commentators, including from the Herndon, Va.-based International Institute for Islamic Thought (IIIT), describe zakat as a funding mechanism for jihad. A footnote for Surah 9:60 found in "The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an" published with editorial assistance from IIIT, says that zakat can be usedamong other things to help "(4) those who are struggling and striving in Allah's Cause by teaching or fighting or in duties assigned to them by the righteous Imam, who are thus unable to earn their ordinary living."

The AMJA issued a fatwa in August 2011 stating that zakat could be used to "support legitimate Jihad activities."

Top Muslim Brotherhood ideologue Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi similarly states in his book,Fiqh of Jihad, that zakat may be spent to finance "the liberation of Muslim land from the domination of the unbelievers," particularly against Israel and India in Kashmir.

Numerous Islamic charities have been cited or closed down in connection with terrorist financing since the September 11 attacks. Qaradawi's actions back up his words. In 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the Union of Good, a network of charities headed by Qaradawi, for Hamas fundraising. That same year a federal court jury convicted the founders of the Richardson, Texas-based Holy Land Foundation (HLF) for illegally financing Hamas.

"The government's policy has inflicted considerable harm," MPAC's Salam al-Marayatiwrote in 2001 after federal authorities closed the Benevolence International Fund (BIF). "By effectively shutting down these charities, it has given Americans the false impression that American Muslims are supporting terrorists. It has also given the Muslim world a similarly false impression that America is intolerant of a religious minority."

In the end, the White House's decision to empower these groups sends a mixed message to the American people that it isn't fully interested in rooting out the causes of jihadist terror and preventing future attacks.